Milan, Italy – November 26th, 2025 - Cleafy announced a strategic partnership with CY4 to help financial institutions tackle the accelerating wave of cyber-fraud threats targeting online and mobile banking channels. The collaboration combines CY4’s frontline insight into the operational challenges facing banks with Cleafy’s advanced real-time monitoring platform, creating a more integrated approach to fraud prevention and incident response.
CY4 works closely with financial institutions across the region, providing cyber-defence expertise, SOC capabilities, and high-precision incident investigation. Through this work, the company has clearer visibility, and enhanced protection against sophisticated fraud techniques.
Cleafy is a leader in digital fraud prevention, supporting banks and financial institutions as they navigate rapidly evolving threat landscapes. The company enables organisations to safeguard their digital channels with intelligence-driven protection and a proactive approach to risk. Cleafy collaborates with major financial institutions worldwide, enabling them to enhance resilience, strengthen customer trust, and anticipate emerging fraud patterns in an increasingly complex financial ecosystem.
"By integrating Cleafy’s advanced AI-powered fraud detection with CY4’sdeep expertise in incident response, DFIR, SOC, and GRC services, we are creating a unified front against cybercrime. This collaboration ensures financial institutions benefit from a seamless defense that spans from real-time threat identification to expert mitigation and compliance.” said Keith Cutajar, CEO of CY4.
Together, Cleafy and CY4 will support banks with a coordinated model: CY4 brings deep context on customer challenges and operational pressures; Cleafy provides proactive detection and actionable intelligence. The partnership enables financial institutions to strengthen their prevention efforts, accelerate responses, and improve overall resilience against digital fraud.
“This partnership is anchored in the real operational challenges banks are confronting every single day,” said Matteo Bogana, CEO of Cleafy. “CY4 has an exceptional grasp of what institutions are up against, from rising threat velocity to the pressure on SOC teams to act faster with better intelligence. By joining forces, we’re able to bring a unified, high-impact solution into their ecosystem—one that delivers immediate value and strengthens resilience where it matters most.”
The collaboration includes coordinated customer engagement, aligned solution offerings for high-risk use cases, and integrated workflows across detection and incident investigation.
About CY4
CY4 Ltd. is a leading information security and digital forensics company based in Malta, specialising in comprehensive cybersecurity solutions. The company provides a dynamic range of services, including Digital Forensics and Investigations, Incident Response, InformationSecurity Governance, Risk and Compliance, and advanced Managed Services such asCISO as a Service and SOC as a Service. Driven by a commitment to security and resilience, CY4's mission is to empower its clients to safeguard their digital assets, ensure rapid recovery from threats, and maintain compliance in a never-evolving digital landscape.
For more information visit www.cy4.mt
About Cleafy
Founded in 2014 by Carmine Giangregorio,Matteo Bogana, and Nicolò Pastore, Cleafy was established by alumni of the Polytechnic of Milan. Today, with a team of over 91 global professionals, Cleafy addresses modern fraud challenges intensified by digital transformation, AI advancements, and evolving regulations like PSD2. Our advanced AI-powered platform seamlessly integrates cybersecurity and fraud detection, providing real-time, comprehensive protection. Securing billions of transactions across over 120 million accounts, Cleafy sets the standard in proactive fraud prevention for leading banks and financial institutions.
For more information visit www.cleafy.com
